Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
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beating 81 horse.
OLDA MUNDT, 2 years old, was run
over and killed by a wagon loaded
with gravel while crossing the street
near her parents home III milwaukee.
The wagoc was driven by Otto COL
hof.
The tug J. A. Reid Was burned to
the waters edge at Sturgeon Bay.
The crew got sway quick.
ALA CROSSE man offers forty acres
OF land and $1,000 cash for q vinegar
factory IN that city.
THE coalbeavers' strike at Ashland
has been adjusted. The men are to be
paid by the ton instead OF by the day.
BURRIE DUNCAN, aged 4. drowned at
Ashland while playing around the
Wisconsin Central ore dock. The lit
tie boys drowned at MarlLette were
sons OF Geo. A. Ross aud Henry Bran
shaw.
OK the 9th inst, Charles Heyer,
aged IL, was run down by an engine
on the North Western road at Mil
waukee, and had both legs SO badly
crushed that amputation will b
necessary.
IN the will case of Martin Halman,
deceased, and Edward Holleran VS..
Hannah Halman, an insane person,
represented by her guardian and Wau-
kesha County, Judge Sloan decided in
favor OF Edward Holleran. Martin
Halman willed all his property to
Holleran and Waukesha County con-
tested the will for it's insane ward.
JOHN JAdBoR. of Milwaukee, must
stand another trial on the charge of
attempting to take the life of ex-
Mayor Secor, of Racine, in May, 1886.
The Jury failed to agree.
MASTER MECHANIC BARNES has an
interesting table il, the Central round
house at Waukesha. 1t gives q COM
plete summary of each engines record
for q month. There are 1O7 engines
and their total run for April was 346,-
S11 miles. The passenger engines
averaged 1898 miles to g. pint OF Oil,
and 36.5 miles to a ton OF coal.
The freight engines averaged 1868
miles 80 pint of oil, and 32.77 miles
to g. ton Of coal.
POLICE OFFICER KEYEs, who shot
and killed Gambler Brady, at La
Cross e, has given bonds. The three
bondsmen justified in the sum Of $1O,-
600. divided as follows: Tecter Co.'S
ter, s., 900; G. l.. Lien, 50, 500; Jacob
Hahn, So, 500.
FRANK Moore AND George Hughes,
arrested at Osseo, Trempealeau
County, while attempting to force an
entrance TO q iewelry store, were held
to trial.
A BOAT containing q young man
named Baker capsized off Racine. The
young man narrowly escaped drown
ing, being rescued by a tug with great
difficulty.
JENS PETERSON has been sent to Jail
st Racine for ninety days for drunk
enn ess. Peterson has served forty
terms in that institution.
EX.ALDERMAN brennan, Of Keno
sha, died at St. Mary's Hospital, Ra-
cine, aged 72 years.
A NEW pulp mill is to be built near
the Dells dam BIT Eau Claire.
ROBERT GAvNART was found dead in
his room at Madison. It is supposed
he committed suicide. Gavnart is a
son OF J. H Gavnart, deceased, who
established the Madison Reaper
Works, several years since, and was
regarded as Madison's wealthiest cit
izen, and stepson of Judge Orsamus
Cole, Of the supreme court.
A LARGE force of men is engaged in
digging test pits on the iron-ore prop
erty at Big Falls dam, on the Eau
Claire River. In the side Of the bluff
red hematite ore six to ten feet in
depth has been unearthed.
Two men were arrested at Osseo,
Trempealeau County, while attempt
ing to enter Hotchkiss & Newell's jew
elry store. The men are believed to
have previously ROBBED the place OF
$500 worth Of iewelry.
FRANK BAUER, living on Cherry
Street, Milwaukee, committed suicide
by hanging on the 7th inst. Tempo
rary insanity was the cause.
WILL SHEPARD, of La Crosse, has
been appointed to the Annapolis Ma
val Academy.
A PRELIMINARY survey is being made
of the Chippewa Falls & Ashland Rail-
way line.
GRAssHoPPERs have made their ap-
pearance IN Door County and are
quite destructive to crops.
IT was found necessary to plant l.
100000 wall-eyed pike fry in the lakes
at Madison to save them. The fish
were being taken from Milwaukee to
La Crosse but could not be kept alive.
RICHARD Comfy, OF Madison, son OF
d. II. Comfy, secretary OF the state
board of supervision, has received no.
tice OF his appointment to clerkship
IN the Treasury Department at Wash
ington.
AN unknown man killed by the cars
at Duluth had in his possession a
membership card of the Eau Claire
Benevolent Association bearing the
name Of John Murray.
DURING q thunder storm, lightning
destroyed the barn of G. B. Burnett,
Of Menomonee Falls. A horse belong
ing TO Frank Koelder was struck down
IN an open field.
JACOB TRUAX, of Eau Claire, recent
ly celebrated his 99th birthday.